Tag: READER

Thanks to F-Secure, we have just learned that Adobe has responded quickly to the most recent critical security flaw in Flash, which Lee reported on a week ago. According to Adobe: Chrome users are already protected! Versions above 6.0.472.62 are patched. This version number refers to the Stable channel, but the latest Beta channel update also has the same update (with a different version ...

Is it just me, or are Adobe Acrobat and Reader about as secure as the contents of President Skroob's suitcase? Remember that new zero-day exploit which they announced yesterday? Well, if yesterday was day zero it's now day one, and that exploit is being targeted by the bad guys. Trend Micro reports that a trojan is spreading which drops a downloader -- which then drops another downloader. From ...

Anyone else having deja vu? Adobe's improved security efforts have been a welcome change, but it sure seems like they're still not doing enough. Of course, it's also possible that things have been footloose and fancy-free for so long that it's going to take a while to sort out. They've promised sandboxing is coming, and that should help. In the meantime, however, we're going to see more ...

One of the most talked about features in Safari 5 has been its Reader function -- Apple's built-in implementation of the Readability bookmarklet. Both are nice ways to reformat articles on blog or news sites for distraction-free reading. If you like the look of Safari Reader but would rather not change from Google Chrome or Firefox, don't worry. The iReader extension brings the same ...

There are loads of books and magazines available for perusal on Google Books, but the web interface is a bit... lacking. It's cluttered, and it doesn't have that trademark laminate bookshelf background which is apparently a required component for eBook apps. Fortunately, there's GooReader. And while the name isn't particularly awe-inspiring the app itself is very good. Fire it up and search ...

digg_url = 'http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2010/07/30/slimpdf-reader-adobe-reader-PDF-alternative/'; There's no shortage of Adobe reader alternatives out there, but if you're still searching for one and you like keeping things minimal, check out SlimPDF Reader. Even at just over 1MB to download, SlimPDF is able to display most PDFs without issue (I don't find myself opening tons of ...

Overshadowed by the introduction of extension sync in today's Google Chrome developer channel update was another important feature which has been in the works for some time. The same Google and Adobe collaboration which led to the introduction of Chrome's internal Flash plug-in has finally resulted in an internal plug-in for displaying PDF files as well. Neither internal Flash or internal PDF ...

Don't get me wrong -- I enjoy using Google Reader. But the fact that I couldn't rename folders has been a pain in my butt for years. Sure, you could work around it by creating a new folder, moving all your feeds in, then deleting the old folder, but that's a pretty archaic (and downright silly) way to have to do things. Fortunately, a 20% project from Google has resulted in my prayers being ...

DLS commenters are quite the savvy bunch ... I don't mean the commenters who keep urging me to get Viagra and BMW (what kind of weird spam is that, anyway?) but guys like Philip, who commented on my post regarding the rather-cruddy Desktop Google Reader and pointed me in the direction of something much cooler: FeedSquares. FeedSquares is a Chrome extension (and an Android app) which puts a pretty ...

It's no secret that malicious PDF files targeting weaknesses in Adobe Reader have become one of the most popular forms of attack. Some reports indicate that there are nearly eight times the number of PDF-based exploits in the wild in 2009 than in 2008. In a talk with PC World, F-Secure's Sean Sullivan states his belief that Microsoft should include a PDF viewer in Windows. That sounds like a ...

Flash has been blogged about ad nauseam ever since the iPad unveiling. And while your favorite Apple devices probably aren't going to be running Adobe's multimedia plug-in any time soon, Google appears to be gearing up to build both Flash and PDF support right into Chrome and Chrome OS. CNet's Larry Dignan calls this a rumor, but there's every reason to believe this is going to happen. For ...

Hey, do you remember Google Bookmarks? I didn't either, until I heard the news that Google Bookmarks now has the ability to create and share lists of links. After a moment of confusion, I realized that Google Bookmarks wasn't a new product, and I started playing with lists. They're actually quite useful! On top of creating and sharing, you can import all of the bookmarks from a friend's list ...

Instapaper is already a killer iPhone app: just click a bookmarklet in your desktop browser, and a cleaned-up, highly-readable version of the current page is sent to your phone to read later. Imagine what Instapaper can do for the iPad, a device that -- unlike the iPhone -- is built for heavy-duty reading. Instapaper's developer, Marco Arment, has done more than imagine: he might have Instapaper ...

Amazon hasn't really made a big deal out of its Kindle for Mac launch today, but rest assured that you can download the app today and start reading your eBooks. The featureset is basically identical to the other apps in the Kindle family -- it's got Whispersync and page bookmarking, for example -- but Kindle for Mac is kind of the ugly duckling of the bunch. There was a lot of potential to ...

Our fantastically white-and-shiny sister blog, TUAW, has just published a guide all about the EPUB ebook format. This will be of most interest to Apple fans who are planning to buy an iPad, because it's the file format that the iBookstore will use. Even if you're not planning on getting an iPad, EPUB is the format used by all major ebook readers (except the Kindle), so the guide is probably ...